Method and device for hair dressing



July 31, 1934. A. L, PROSSER METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HAIR DRESSING Filed July 30, 1952 ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 31, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT: oFFwE;

7 Claims.

invention relates to improvements hair dressing devises, and more particularly to improved flexible members adapted to be used in retaining hair eurled or waved form, and the invention so includes an improved mandrel adapted for use with the novel hair dressing devic s- In the hair dressing art numerous devices have been propos d for us a side in makin and/ in ma a ning strands of ha r n de r d enrl a d/0 wa e f ms- M s o the e d s s inelude stifi, non-benda le members wh ch hi e servi g o mai tai the hai i a d si d shape, a un mf rtaieie to he weare due o h e th the stifl n b iie ie memb rs p es m th ea an cause d comfort to h wea er, if n a tu abra n and rup u e o he skin.-

Thi in e tion provides m oved he r d e sin d vic and an auxil a m mb wh h is. adapted to se ve as the e ain or ockin means for the said vice a w l a b n ad ted to s rv a a mand el abou w ch the heir may be wound ook g en a emen with th I pe m nen membe the ai ha dre s d vi e 5 being released from its engagement with the mandrel and pe manent y lampe about he c or were. the mandrel bei g the ea r em d- The invention also relates to an improved man- .drel ad pte f u n hair res in and mo e particularly ada ed to serve as it s ppo t o hair gripping members while a curl or wave is being formed.

The inv nti n al o consists in form n a p ednot having the gene a eh a istics an ap 5 cations and the several original features of utility hereinafter set forth and claimed, and to the process of using the same having certain new and original arrangements and m natio s o s eps as will be better understood from the following description.

Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic of this invention will be par.- ticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto, the invention itself, as to its objects and advantages, the mode of its operation and the mannerof its organization may be better understood by referring to the following description in which a particular commercial embodiment thereof is disclosed. It will be understood, how- 0 .ever, that the features thereof may be modified in various respects without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention.

In the following description and in the claims the various steps and details comprising the invention will be identified by specific names, for convenience, but they are intended to be as generic in their application as the art will permit.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an improved mandrel adapted for use in hair dressing.

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing a mod.- fied form of the mandrel. M

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a circular mandrel of the general type shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. i is a side view, partly in section, of the mandrel shown in Fig. 1, showing the method of securing a hair gripping member and introducing the strands of hair to grip same. 7 A

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig 4 showing the method of forming a curl or Wave, the ends of the gripping device being bent in looking position on the mandrel;

Fig. 6 is a View simi ar to Fig. 5, showing a come pleted curl and the ends of the hair gripping device removed from looking engagement with the m nd l;

Fig. '7 is an elevation showing the ends of the hair gripping device locking in position on the curl and the mandrel partially withdrawn from the curl; f Y

Fig. 8 is an elevation of a completed curl with the gripping or looking member in position;

Fig. 9 is a phantom view of a modified form of hair gripping device removably mounted on a mandrel with hair wound therearound; and

Fig. 10 is an elevation of the curl formed in Fig.

9 with the hair gripping device in completed looking condition. Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved mandrel of the present invention comprises an elongated member 10 of any suitable material such as wood and generally rectan ular in shape. This member may be provided with a pointedend 11 and a slotted end 12, whose function will appear more in detail hereinafter. The mandrel may have retaining slots at both ends, as indicated more particularly in Fig. 2, the extra slot being indicated by the numeral 12a. In addition, the gripping slot or slots may be joined .on the sides of the mandrel, as indicated generally, by the numeral 121), and such laterally disposed gripping slots may be positioned at any desired place along the length of the mandrel. As indicated at 120, the gripping slots may be disposed interiorly of the body of the mandrel, and may also be suitably positioned along its length. As shown in Fig. 3, the mandrel 10a, instead of being rectangular, may have any desired configuration and is shown circular, although it will, of course, be appreciated that the device may be polygonal, square, ellipsoidal or any other desired shape. The mandrels are preferably provided with a plurality of transverse apertures 13, of any desired size and number, which are adapted to retain a d es n lam in m m r or de 0 iii a y des r d en th.-

.As shew-1 i Fig. 4, th m mb :20 s int ed for wide curls or waves and is passed through the lowermost hole 13a at one end and is gripped in the slot 12 at the other end. Where smaller operators are engaged and a great number. of.

standard curls and waves are being formed, the

members 10 may be of a desired overall length" and slotted at one or both ends.--Also-in such instances, a sufficient number of mandrels 10b of different sizes will be provided for use' wi'th the various types of curls and/or waves. the mandrel may be provided with the transverse apertures 13 if desired. 1

In hair dressing, to form curls or waves, the hair is preferably washed and then treated with a suitable hair dressing lotion, after which the strands 30 are passed'between the member '20 and the body of the mandrel l0; whereupon the ends 21' and22- of the hair gripping member are bent fiat against the face of the mandrel so as to be lockedthereagain'st." In this positionthe'curl or wave 31 is formed' by winding the hair 30 around the mandrel andthe associated gripping member 20 as tightlyas may be desired; "The width of the curl or wave is determined-by the length of the mandrel and the position of theends 21, 22 of the hair dressing device.-

' After a sulfic'ient amount of hair has been wound'on the mandrel, the ends 21 and 22 are severally withdrawn from the retaining slot 12 and the aperture'1'3a and bent 'rearwardly'as indicated in Figfi6 These ends 21 and 22 o-f'member '20 are then brought together and forced-downwardly-into the body of the curl or wave 31 was to retain the 'latter-locked'between themselvesand the body of the' hair dressing device 20; The mandrel 1'0'is then withdrawn-as indicated, in Fig. 7. The finished c'url or wave, as shown in Fig. 9', will" thus comprisea mass of hair 31 arranged in curl or wave form about the body portion 20"0f the clamping member, the curl being held and locked in position by the coaction of the ends 21, 22 with the body portion of the gripping member.

Referring more particularly toFigs. 9 and'lO, a modified method of arranging or forming curls or wavesis shown inwhich'a gripping member 20a is held at itscentra'l point by thegripp'ing slot 12'of the mandrellO. The hair 30 may thereafter be 'wo'und" about the mandrel and-"the parallel legs 23, 24 of the-member 20a, the ends of the strands being held in engagement between the legs and the body of the mandrel. After winding the hair about the never mandrel assembly to form a desired curl 31a, the' m'a'ndrel is withdrawn from'themember 20a "and the curl 31a and the free ends 25, 26 of the parallel members 23, 24 are'broughtinto locking-engage ment with the closedend or loop 2'7 at the other end of the device'so as to lock the hair or curl in position. This particular device is "specially suited for the making of the small curls where the support is to be permanently associated with the cu-rl.'

It will now be appreciated'thatthere 'has been provided a variety of improvements in hair treating methods-and more particularly'novel members for use in -curling andwavin'g, which members include novel mandrels adapted to tak'e a variety of sizes of gripping member's 'forcu'rl's or Waves and whichman-drels permit the' formation However,

of any desired shape and style of curl or wave, at the same time permitting the insertion in said curls or waves of locking members adapted to be permanently associated therewith. The invention also comprehends the utilization of such hair gripping members in a variety of forms and permits the formation of curls and/or waves rapidly and economically as well as imparting amaximum of comfort to the wearer.

Although certain novel features of the invention 1 have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form and details of the devices illustrated and the process of their use may be made by those skilled 'in the art without departbendable, flexible hair-gripping member.

=3. An improved-rigid, removable mandrel for hair dressing comprising an elongated body'memher having a plurality of apertures :therein, at least one of said apertures-beingdisposed at an endof the mandrel and forming agripping slot,

and others of said-aperturesbeing formed inthe body of themandr'el and transversely of the longitudinal axis'thereof, said apertures being adapted to receive a bendable, 'flexible hair-gripping member. I 4. A combination hairdressing device comprising-a rigid, removable mandrel having apertures therein and -at least one gripping slot, and a universal-ly bendable flexible-hair gripping member threaded through one' ofsaid apertures *and removably heldin said slot. v

5. A combination hair dressing device, comprising an aperturedrigid mandrel and a universa-lly bendable, flexible hairagripping member removably held by the apertures ofthemandrel. '6. The improved method of forming hair into waves-and curls comprising winding a strand of 'hair about a cor'e comprising a rigid mandrel and a universally-bendable, flexible hair gripping member removably locked thereon, removing the endsiof the gripping member from: their association with the "mandrel and disposing the said ends in clamping locking engagement about the woundhairv 7. ;The improved method of forming hair into waves and curls-comprising clamping the ends of astrand of hair between a rigid mandrel and a universally bendable, flexible hair gripping member removably secured on and by said mandrel; winding the strand of hair about the 'man drel and associated gripping member as a core;

removing the ends of the gripping member from engagement with'the mandrel and disposing'them in clamping'lo'cking engagement about the Wound hair; and thereafter withdrawing the mandrel.

ALFRED L. PROSSER. 

